Pipey's Orders

"No more fun for 3 months."

Sounds like a raw deal, but those words from Justin came right after having told us that one of our pipers was admitted to the hospital this morning and another had nearly severed the thumb and index finger of his right hand in a tractor accident.

Needless to say, not a great day for the Highlanders. We need everyone we can get right now if we are going to have a shot at Tulsa, so none of us are allowed to go skydiving, rattlesnake hunting, etc. until after competition. Also, and definitely more importantly, these are friends of ours and we hate to see them go though such things. When you spend as much time together as we do, your band starts feeling like a second family.

On a lighter note, we had our second beginners class today. Bret and I took the new drummers off so we could work on the basics of drumming and I think it all went really well; we are going to get some really solid players out of this if they will stick with it.

On another happy note, it is definitely worth mentioning that Justin has convinced Amy Robinson to come back to the band and serve as Pipe Sergeant. It's great having her around and we are really going to benefit from her talent and leadership. I for one am looking forward to our first band outing so I can get to know her better. She seems like a top cat.

As always, stay tuned...

cheers,
~Mark